by OSU Extension What are the best ways to manage insects, weeds and plant diseases? Three research-based guides, available through Oregon State University Extension and updated every year, can provide you with reliable answers. The manuals provide extensive information on pest biology and chemical and nonchemical control methods and are […]

Simple, Steady, and Equipped: Three great books by Kari Patterson Sacred Mundane If you’ve ever been to our house you can see that we love books. We have an office with books floor to ceiling. There are books on the coffee table, books under the coffee table, old books stacked […]

by Joy Dombrow Oregon Blogger Last week, I mentioned four practices for crowding our sibling rivalry. I truly believe that if we as parents spend 85% our time and energy creating a loving home environment, that we will only need to deal with sibling spats the other 15% of the […]

By Erika Weisensee A week or so ago, I was watching morning television and saw a story about a family who creates almost zero garbage. Let me tell you, I have a long way to go before I am as “green” as that family, but in recent years, I have […]

A Community Grieves Eugene Police Officer Killed Friday Night by Kelli Warner KMTR-TV Morning News anchor Springfield, OR The headline read: Officer Shot Dead During Car Chase. But the sheer emotion of this weekend tragedy goes far beyond the headlines for this journalist. Motorcycle officer Chris Kilcullen, a 12-year veteran […]

How This Parenting Expert Turned Her Eye-Rolling Tween into a Loving Daughter by Jean Tracy, MSS KidsDiscuss.com Has your daughter changed from a cool kid into a difficult tween? Let’s find out how this mother turned her child into a loving girl again. I ask Debbie Pokornik, a parenting expert, how […]

By Kelly Barten Run Oregon Blog   Oh, how I love when races give finishers something unique. Here’s the front of the 2011 Happy Girls Half Marathon finisher necklace … (Courtesy Gina Miller) I do certainly love a heavy finisher’s medal after a marathon; or an age-group ribbon when I […]

Sunday Morning Praise by Joy Dombrow Oregon Blogger   Matthew 28:1-9 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended […]

Dandelions by Leona Atkinson Leona’s Lines Blog “The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common.  If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world.” –Author Unknown It’s spring and the Dandelions are popping up […]

Paralyzed bride walks down the aisle on her wedding day. What a determined lady. What a devoted man.